Category: MPC

Bank Interest Rates: The Reserve Bank’s decision to cut short term inter-bank lending rate by another 25 basis point may not be the last rate cut

Reserve Bank governor Shaktikanta Das on Friday said the fifth straight rate reduction to a decadal low of 5.15 percent was necessitated by the growing

Lower rates and fiscal stimulus alone will not spur growth. Structural constraints, economic and financial, need to be addressed Himadri BhattacharyaWith a 25-basis point cut

But, there are limits to the effectiveness of monetary policy in a demand-constrained economy with ‘weak consumer sentiment’ It was an anxious Monetary Policy Committee

The Monetary Policy Committee has confined itself to the routine tinkering of rates, guided as it is by its mandate to contain inflation as measured

The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) Monetary Policy Committee has done exactly what the doctor ordered: It reduced the benchmark repo rate by 25 basis

With the monetary policy committee (MPC) already indicating in the last two policies that inflation would not be the only factor that would drive the decision on interest rate

Against the backdrop of NBFC crisis, the RBI’s rate cut and decision to review the liquidity framework are appropriate The Monetary Policy Committee of the

Weakening of domestic growth impulses and global slowdown prompted RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das to vote for a 25 basis points cut in interest rate announced earlier this

By Archana Chaudhary India’s new government should review the central bank’s inflation goals, including whether consumer prices or the underlying core measure is the appropriate

India’s new government should review the central bank’s inflation goals, including whether consumer prices or the underlying core measure is the appropriate target to use

With the inflation outlook looking benign and headline inflation expected to remain below target in the current year, it becomes necessary to address the challenges

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das stoked a debate last week when he urged central banks across the world to think “out of

In a sign that borrowers might have to wait longer to enjoy the full benefit of 25 basis points cut by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI),

रिझव्‍‌र्ह बँकेच्या गव्हर्नरपदी नेमणूक झाल्यानंतर शक्तिकांत दास यांचे पहिलेच पतधोरण गुरुवारी जाहीर झाले. म्हणून त्याकडे अनेकांचे लक्ष होते. याआधीचे गव्हर्नर डॉ. ऊर्जित पटेल यांचे आणि

Despite incessant demand from a section in the finance ministry, corporates, as well as banks for some leniency in the February 12, 2018 circular that

According to RBI, global financial markets began the year on a calmer note after a turbulent December. The six-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), headed by RBI Governor Shaktikanta